Question

If you know the order from least to greatest of 5 negative rational numbers, how can you use that information to order the absolute value of those numbers from least to greatest

Answer 1

Let's do it on an example of 2 such numbers:

you know that -2 is bigger than -3.

but their absolute values are inverted in the order:

3 is bigger than 2.

So that means that the absolute values of these number will be ordered similarly to the original numbers, but "in the other direction":

if the original numbers were a,b,c,d,e

their absolute values will be ordered:

e,d,c,b,a

Answer 2

Let's do it on an example of 2 such numbers:

you know that -2 is bigger than -3.

but their absolute values are inverted in the order:

3 is bigger than 2.

So that means that the absolute values of these number will be ordered similarly to the original numbers, but "in the other direction":

if the original numbers were a,b,c,d,e

their absolute values will be ordered:

e,d,c,b,a